Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of bucain, a novel toxin from the Malayan krait Bungarus candidus

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2002-10-01

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Watanabe, L.
Nirthanan, S.
Rajaseger, G.
Polikarpov, I
Kini, R. M.
Arni, R. K.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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Bucain is a three-finger toxin, structurally homologous to snake-venom muscarinic toxins, from the venom of the Malayan krait Bungarus candidus. These proteins have molecular masses of approximately 6000-8000 da and encompass the potent curaremimetic neurotoxins which confer lethality to Elapidae and Hydrophidae venoms. Bucain was crystallized in two crystal forms by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique in 0.1 M sodium citrate pH 5.6, 15% PEG 4000 and 0.15 M ammonium acetate. Form I crystals belong to the monoclinic system space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 93.73, b = 49.02, c = 74.09 Angstrom, beta = 111.32degrees, and diffract to a nominal resolution of 1.61 Angstrom. Form II crystals also belong to the space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 165.04, b = 49.44, c = 127.60 Angstrom, beta = 125.55degrees, and diffract to a nominal resolution of 2.78 Angstrom. The self-rotation function indicates the presence of four and eight molecules in the crystallographic asymmetric unit of the form I and form II crystals, respectively. Attempts to solve these structures by molecular-replacement methods have not been successful and a heavy-atom derivative search has been initiated.

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Acta Crystallographica Section D-biological Crystallography. Hoboken: Wiley-blackwell, v. 58, p. 1879-1881, 2002.